Road to Revolution

Discussion Why do revolutions happen & spread?

Freedom & Liberty 2/3 of all people brought to the U.S. were not free Ideals with roots in England Initially for members of distinct social class England not living up to ideals

Enlightenment John Locke Jean Jacques Rousseau Two Treatises on Government, 1689 Jean Jacques Rousseau The Social Contract, 1762

Enlightenment & Religion Cotton Mather & Inoculation Education Harvard, 1636 Deism

Enlightenment & the Press Ben Harris Publick Occurrences Both Forreign and Domestick, 1690 Andrew Bradford American magazine, 1741 Benjamin Franklin Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1732- 1758

First Great Awakening Jonathan Edwards “Sinners in the hands of an angry God”, 1741 Religious revivals

First Great Awakening George Whitefield Traveling revivals God’s “free gift” of grace George Whitefield

First Great Awakening Old Lights New Lights Are you saved? Traditionalists New Lights Evangelicalism Are you saved? The end of revivals

Seven Years War England v. France George Washington Albany Congress, 1754 War Proclaimed, 1756 Battle of Quebec, 1759 Treaty of Paris, 1763

Seven Years War North America, 1713 North America, 1763

Pontiac’s Rebellion, 1763 Anger over Treaty of Paris Intertribal alliances Proclamation of 1763 Militarization of the west

Road to Revolution – Taxation & Oppression Molasses Tax, 1733 Prohibition of production of iron in colonies Prisoner settlement in colonies, 1751 Sugar Act, 1764 Illegal for colonies to print money, 1764 Stamp Act, 1765

Road to Revolution - Rebellion Boston mob responds Unrest spreads

Road to Revolution Key terms: Enlightenment, Cotton Mather, Deism, Great Awakening, George Whitefield, Seven Years War, Albany Congress, Pontiac’s Rebellion, Proclamation of 1763, Stamp Act